Sponsor an acre with Vital Ground
In a world where there seems to be so much despair and fighting, tension and rage, it is good to remember that there are a lot of people doing their bit to make the world a better place.
Vital Ground is one of those organisations working to make the world a better place, especially for grizzlies. And they are giving us all the chance to help permanently protect an important wildlife corridor with their Clark Green Project in Montana.
Their Clark Greek Project is located near Missoula. The area is at risk because of human development and the pressure that’s putting on established habitat corridors. The project covers 160 acres and it provides seasonal habitat for bears and other wildlife species. Elk, wolves, native trout and many other species will benefit.
Wildlife biologists have highlighted the Clark Creek drainage as an important linkage on the edge of the Bitterroot Ecosystem, a designated grizzly bear recovery zone that still awaits the return of a resident grizzly population.
The tragic death of Grizzly 399 last week after being struck by a vehicle shows how important this space is to wildlife. The project will give wildlife a free-roaming space permanently.
Whether you sponsor half an acre, five acres or 20 or more, every bit helps Vital Ground hit their target of $7,500 by the end of the month.
They are well on the way to achieving this goal as I type this but please support the appeal if you can.
Vital Ground is a land trust and it completes land purchases and partners with private landowners on conservation agreements for their properties. Its projects keep wild places wild. Since it was founded back in 1990, it’s helped conserve and enhance about 620,000 acres of habitat.
It has a focus: areas where private lands connect the wild strongholds of the Northern Rockies. It works to protect these critical corridors and so help movement between areas – and this is vital, because it helps with genetic exchange between grizzlies who would otherwise be isolated.
Vital Ground have a very exciting aim with their One Landscape Initiative – to protect 188,000 acres in 33 linkage areas. This take some planning and collaboration, as you can imagine. And the projects they undertake are chosen in consultation with wildlife biologists and science. Find out all about it here.
They “ground their work”, as they put it, in the grizzly bear’s role as an umbrella species. If the land can support a healthy bear population, then lots of birds and plants and animals will not only survive but they will thrive as well.
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